Once he'd reluctantly tabled that one, due to various problems matching it up with this universe and the possibility of less than funny results a generation later - he moved on to other possibilities.
"What ARE those?" asked Kushina Uzumaki, staring at the images as they flickered from one to another.
"Flying castles," answered Toltiir. "Even if it's invisible MOST of the time, gotta know what it looks like. Besides, there will always be times when an enemy or a spell or some attack knocks the invisible aspect off. Hmmm. Have to look into getting you a mechanic or a mage, depending on what I go with."
"Flying... castles?!" asked Minato.
"I think I'll go with a modification of Himeji Castle," said Toltiir as the images continued to flick around, this time with a particular castle's image. "The Shirasagi-jo. Add a bit of forest around it. Protective dome. Stick it 22,300 miles up. No, better make it an even 100,000 miles."
"If it's really far away, how do I get to it?" complained Naruto, who thought that sounded like way far away.
"Doors that use curved space/time," said Toltiir. "I'll stick the Gate... right there."
The Hokage stared as a brass door slammed into the ground not far from where his tower stood.
"What's that?" asked a familiar voice.
The Hokage looked upwards, spotting quickly that there was a bright point of light in the sky he hadn't remembered seeing earlier.
"Oh wowwwwwwwwwwwww," drawled out Naruto, pressing his face against the transparent crystalline duramantium of the dome.
Kushina, Minato, and the various others observed it from a better distance as if a few feet really made that much of a difference.
A world rotated below them, with the curlicues and streaks of clouds.
"I wish Jiraiya could see this," said Minato after awhile.
"I think I'm going to be ill," said Kushina, feeling some vertigo.
"Oh, good thing you reminded me," said Toltiir, his tail snapping out and making a crackling noise. "Almost forgot the waste disposal and plumbing. Have to put in a power system too. The solar panels on the underside are fine for most of the power requirements, but you'll need something for shields and to run the season-emulation on the weather control."
"I don't understand," complained Naruto.
"I needed to fix something," said Toltiir.
"Oh, okay," said Naruto who then went back to looking outside.
"So, we're... alive?" asked Mikoto Uchiha.
"Yes, as long as you remain retainers of the Uzumaki Clan, the agreement holds," said Toltiir. "Or whatever designation you choose or are assigned. It's the connection to the Uzumaki-Namikaze clan that provides the loophole for your resurrection after all. Or should that be Namikaze-Uzumaki. Uzukaze? Namimake?"
"Naruto's clan," provided Minato.
"Good, now, unless I forgot something, I think that'll do," said Toltiir. "Gateway back to Konoha is located at the far end of that road."
The cat faded out, starting with the tip of the tail, finishing with a cheshire cattish sort of manic grin that hung in the air for a moment and then disappeared with a soft popping noise.
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